A Double-Header

Friends, this small hawk, the sharp-shinned is a second year bird and her eyes are turning from the yellow of a first year bird to orange. The vertical strips on the front have now turned more horizontal and her cap is starting to turn from chocolate brown to gray. Below is a more mature bird with the red eyes and more gray on her cap. You can compare these more mature birds to the sharpie from yesterday’s post of a sharpie that was hatched this spring. til Tomorrow MJ